Letting The Women In – When did engineering organisations first admit women?

The early history of women becoming professional engineers in the UK, at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is full of the barriers and gatekeepers which had to be passed before women could get in. Obviously, getting the education was one barrier but another was that the professionalisation of engineering brought about a plethora of institutions and societies, most of which did not allow women to join at first. In the twentieth century there also arose a lot of sector-specific trade associations and material-specific research associations.

The following is my list of organisations and dates when they first admitted women, as it currently stands. I would of course be DELIGHTED to hear of any additions or corrections.

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